KS v GR [2020] NSWDC 73

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: KS v GR [2020] NSWDC 73 Hearing dates: 17 March 2020 Date of orders: 26 March 2020 Decision date: 26 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant in the sum of $622,182. (2) The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings as agreed or assessed. (3) Liberty to the parties to seek a different costs order to that in (2) above within 14 days. Catchwords: Torts – intentional torts – battery – personal injury – psychiatric injury – historic sexual child abuse – damages sought for battery and psychiatric injury and consequential loss Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Avopiling Pty Ltd v Bosevski [2018] NSWCA 146 Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34; (1938) 60 CLR 336 Croucher v Cacchia [2016] NSWCA 132 Gersbach v Gersbach [2018] NSWSC 1685 MC v Morris [2019] NSWSC 1326 Lamb v Cotogno [1987] HCA 47; (1987) 164 CLR 1 MBP (SA) Pty Ltd v Gogic [1991] HCA 3; (1991) 171 CLR 567 P2 v D2 [2019] NSWDC 84 Planet Fisheries Pty Ltd v La Rosa [1968] HCA 62; (1968) 119 CLR 118 State of New South Wales v Riley [2003] NSWCA 208; (2003) 57 NSWLR 496 Varmedja v Varmedja [2008] NSWCA 177 White v Johnston [2015] NSWCA 18; (2015) 87 NSWLR 779 Category: Principal judgment Parties: KS (Plaintiff) GR (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Doupe (Plaintiff) No appearance (Defendant)